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Warhammer Team Hit By Layoffs

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-what-every-mmo-needs,-fewer-devs dept.

Zonk notes that Mythic Entertainment, developer of Warhammer Online, is being hit by another round of layoffs. The report estimates that between 60 and 130 staff were let go as part of Electronic Arts' reduction of its workforce. This comes alongside news that the number of Warhammer subscribers has settled to around 300,000. Mythic's Mark Jacobs was quick to affirm that while they were "resizing the team," their plans and schedule are unchanged, citing lower demands on QA now that the launch period has passed. Hopefully this means that their upcoming "live expansion," A Call to Arms, will not be affected by the layoffs.

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  1. WotLK happened. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wrath of the Lich King reminded everyone that they have a job to get back to (WoW) and that they didn't grind out their lvl 70 character(s) and spend countless pointless hours raiding for bad gear that will be obsolete in another patch to not get their characters to 80 and do more of the same.

    I mean, why would I want to do the same in less time, so I can spend more time having fun, right?

    WoW is like an obligation you pay to play, you've already put so much time into it, that switching to another game makes you feel like a stupid asshole for letting it all go.

    In all seriousness (Not that I wasn't above, but this will be less sarcastic), I think Wrath of the Lich King brought a lot of WAR people back to WoW. Not necessarily because it's be best thing since sliced bread, but because they've already put years of time into it, plus they just heard all their friends that quit were coming back and trying it, AND their pussy friends that didn't quit and hate PvP told them it WAS the best thing since sliced bread.